Photo-A-Day III

[Thermo]

Yeh the only thing annoying me about it is i want to see more!
Maybe up the contrast slightly, if that
I really like it anyway, Very Commercial Lesmond!

[Shannow]

Originally Posted by LesMTS

Here's one from Switzerland of the rapidly retreating Gorner glacier.
I'm no photographer so delete it from this thread if it's shite. I liked it though, fannied around with it in photoshop for a bit (which I also don't know how to use) to try to sharpen it up.
I don't want to become a photographer but I'd quite like to be able to take nice photos when I'm in cool places like this, so any comments (negative or positive) would be appreciated.

Exposure is bloody good given that it's a snowy scene, the glaring white of snow tends to make most cameras underexpose as they think it's brighter than it really is.

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by Shannow

Exposure is bloody good given that it's a snowy scene, the glaring white of snow tends to make most cameras underexpose as they think it's brighter than it really is.

It was taken from a distance (from the outdoor seating area of a little restaurant/bar on the side of a mountain). So I was sitting in a sheltered area at the time. I don't know if that accounts for what you're saying here.

[Shannow]

Originally Posted by LesMTS

It was taken from a distance (from the outdoor seating area of a little restaurant/bar on the side of a mountain). So I was sitting in a sheltered area at the time. I don't know if that accounts for what you're saying here.

Nah, the camera qould have a meter inside which measures the light being reflected back onto it. in most cases, this gives a fairly accurate exposure, but overly light scenes like snow or the sand on a beach make it think 'holy fuck bright' and you end up with rather dull looking underexposed photos. likewise, very dark scenes it would tend to overexpose leaving you with rather washe dout looking colour, best way to meter a scene is with an incident meter which tells you the exposure for the actual light arriving at ascene rather than what'sm being reflecte dinto your camera.

[Witch]

good picture Les, like everyone else has said chop the white off and it'll be better

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by Witch

good picture Les, like everyone else has said chop the white off and it'll be better

What white?

[Potatojunkie]

Originally Posted by LesMTS

Here's one from Switzerland of the rapidly retreating Gorner glacier.

Nice one. Generally I'd say you want about one-third sky to two-thirds mountain, but this is one of those cases where the rules can be handily ignored. I tried bumping the contrast up a bit and pulling the blues down a little, hope you don't mind:



edit: looking at it, that's probably a bit too much contrast.

[Witch]

Originally Posted by LesMTS

Here's one from Switzerland of the rapidly retreating Gorner glacier.
I'm no photographer so delete it from this thread if it's shite. I liked it though, fannied around with it in photoshop for a bit (which I also don't know how to use) to try to sharpen it up.
I don't want to become a photographer but I'd quite like to be able to take nice photos when I'm in cool places like this, so any comments (negative or positive) would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by LesMTS

What white?

Theres a white line at the top there, just curring that off would help the picture loads, its a good picture though

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by Potatojunkie

Nice one. Generally I'd say you want about one-third sky to two-thirds mountain, but this is one of those cases where the rules can be handily ignored. I tried bumping the contrast up a bit and pulling the blues down a little, hope you don't mind:



edit: looking at it, that's probably a bit too much contrast.

Hahaha, cheers. I really don't know how to judge these things.
I tried to get rid of the rock face on the right but I can't do it without getting rid of the cool stuff to the right of the rightmost peak (I think it's Mount Pollux or Mount Castor, I can't remember which peak is which but it's one of the two).

[Potatojunkie]

Edinburgh Film Festival is go.

[Runt]

Is that Charlicat? I thought she was in Australia.

[Mwezzi]

Originally Posted by Potatojunkie

Edinburgh Film Festival is go.

I've only just noticed how tiny Ms. Knightley's waist is. It probably wouldn't look so scary if her top wasn't so baggy and thus wouldn't have produced the 'cut out' effect.
I'm liking the first one. Good wrinklesh.

[Fremlin]

Keira Knightly looks like a head on a stick.

[Potatojunkie]

Originally Posted by Runt

Is that Charlicat? I thought she was in Australia.

No, dinlow, that's Sean Connery.

[Mwezzi]

Originally Posted by Fremlin

Keira Knightly looks like a head on a stick.

She is a very skinny lass. It's probably more natural + stress-and-pressure induced than it is an eating disorder, considering she managed to win a lawsuit against people claiming she was anorexic.